MARCA, Pierre de. Histoire de Béarn. New edition adorned wit - Lot 248

MARCA, Pierre de. Histoire de Béarn. New edition adorned with the author's portrait and several engravings, with Marca's life, a genealogy, bibliography of his works and unpublished documents on his family. Pau, Veuve Ribaut et Lafon, 1894 and 1912. 2 large volumes in-4, two-tone printed covers. Title-frontispiece, CCCV, XV, 452 pp. ; XXXIII, IV, 744 pp. Spines damaged with tears and small tears, covers soiled. An erudite edition of this history of Béarn, originally published in 1640, containing a biography, genealogy and bibliography by Abbé Victor Dubarat. Limited edition, one of 25 copies of the first printing (no. 7). EX-DONO ON THE FLYLEAF OF THE FIRST VOLUME. [Barbe 604b]. A faded but interesting copy.